Example sentences of "[conj] he set off [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He left by the gatehouse , openly , and took the road along the Foregate , in case anyone happened to notice and check that he set off in the appropriate direction . |
| 2 | But some doubted and one , Rol , who was a great war leader , mistrusted the feelings which prompted the Myrcans to wage war and was sickened by the killing , so he set off into the mountains to seek the Dwarves and avail himself of their ancient wisdom . |
| 3 | Asik knew that his grandparents would die if he did not give them enough water and there was no water left in the pots , so he set off to the river . |
| 4 | But Denis 's hopes took flight with the break-up of the Soviet empire and he set off for Russia this summer . |
| 5 | Naturally I agreed , and he set off for paris immediately with Ted Church as the UK observer . |
| 6 | But the pressure in his bladder was growing , and he set off across the square in search of a public toilet . |
| 7 | The lock snapped into place behind him , and he set off down the hill towards his car . |
| 8 | They immediately phoned Allen , who has a car business at Lower Wield , and he set off in pursuit of the gang . |
| 9 | Thank you for the silk , glad you were able to wrest it from the Governor before he set off to Lepcis Magna with it . |
| 10 | Before he sets off for the next stage , he 's sharing his seafaring experiences . |
| 11 | Two things mattered to Mr Major when he set off on the campaign road a month ago . |
| 12 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
| 13 | When he set off towards the river the red bitch followed . |
| 14 | There had been no unexplained nights away and no displays of petulance , and when he set off through the gates of his house he drove slowly and with care . |
| 15 | And so when he set off for home the red bitch was with him , loping along by his side . |
| 16 | Known as ‘ Puffin' since childhood because of his hooked nose , he had worked with Baird on four previous films and had just finished making The Millionairess , starring Sophia Loren , when he set off for Sweden in October 1960 . |
| 17 | BREATHLESS PC Les Pounder was always going to come off second best when he set off in pursuit of a pub fight suspect . |
| 18 | ‘ Thank you , ’ he said through gritted teeth as he set off down the corridor . |
| 19 | He felt a sense of anticipation as he set off towards the house . |
| 20 | Perhaps we might have a look at things , at this stage , through the eyes of young Benjamin Titford , the youngest surviving son , left motherless at nine years old ; waving his big brother William Charles goodbye as he set off for London soon afterwards ; watching brother John cough himself into an early grave ; listening to endless conversations about high prices , shortages , and a war across the channel ; dragged out of his bed in the middle of the night to cries of ‘ Fire ! ’ and ‘ Flood ! ’ ; struggling to keep warm every winter ; watching his father die of a long illness — these experiences made his childhood , in modern terms , an awful , albeit a dramatic one . |
| 21 | As he set off for the airport Lewis remembered that he had told Adam from the first that only trouble could come from a person of his youth and inexperience inheriting a big house and land of the dimensions of Wyvis Hall . |
| 22 | He shivered a little as he set off for home . |
| 23 | ‘ It does n't look anything like it does on TV , ’ said Craig Parry 's caddy as he set off with his man and Wayne Grady down the 10th in practice . |
| 24 | That summer I could only think he was mad as he set off around the town and I dozed in the dark heat and stillness of the garden . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know what 's got into you , May , ’ he shouted , shaking his fist in the air as he set off in pursuit . |
| 26 | As he set off from Washington to campaign in Cleveland , Chicago and New York , he hinted strongly that he might be prepared to send American ground troops to join the UN peacekeepers who have gone to Macedonia to try to stop the Balkans war from spreading . |